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No. 26,164. Patented Nov. 22. 1859.

STTES ATEN BENJAMIN P. CRANDALL, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

CHILDS SIDED.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN P. CRAN- l DALL, of New York city, countyand State of New York, have invented certain novel and usefulImprovements in Modes of Constructing Childrens Sleighs or Sleds; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which letters correspond with thespecication and form a part thereof.

In o'rder that the public may fully understand the nature of myinvention, and that those skilled in the art of manufacture may beenabled to construct. and operate the same, I will describe it asfollows:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a childs sleigh, or sled, having ahorses head (A,) in front, the same forming a part of the bottom (B,)and projecting far enough to allow the draft bar or pole (Cl.) to besecured to the lower part of the neck or bust, by means of a bolt (1),)or any other suitable device that will allow the pole (C,) to turnfreely around the pin (D,) or its equivalent until it (the pole) strikesthe under side of the bottom (13,) where it is secured by means of aloop (at, 6,) or any other suitable device, that will secure the poleout of the way (when it becomes necessary to use the sled for ridingdown hill) without having to draw the bolt (1),) in order to detach thepole from the sleigh. Letters (N1, N2) are two steel spring runners soconstructed that the weight of the boy on the bottom (13,) causes therunners (N1, N2) to spring downward .at the curved ends (m, m,) andupward at the middle of the ruimer at (N1, N2,) thereby preventing themany injuries received while lying upon the sleigh during its rapidpassage down the inclined plane or hill. In case the sleigh strikes astone or mound, the weight upon the sled causes the runners to vibratethereby breaking the jar and preventing any fatal injury to the childwhich is so commonly the case with the ordinary sleighs, used bychildren in our northern climate during the winter season that themedical board have remonstrated against the practice of lying upon thestomach, and chest while the sleigh is in motion, and as young Americastill persists in the practice, I offer the above as an improvement inthe construction of hand or childrens sleds, that will prevent in ameasure, the many fatal accidents.

Fig. 2, is another arrangement of sleigh, having spring runners (N1, N2)but. not as effectual in its operation and much more complicated inconstruction, and more expensive than Fig. l.

Hence the novelty of my invention is the manner of connecting a horseshead in front, and forming a part of the bottom (13,) for the purpose ofacting as a guard or fender atl the same time serving as an attractiveornament to all children, also forming one of the most simple yetsubstantial fastenings for the pole. This I believe to be novel anduseful as applied to hand or childrens sleds, only.

Therefore what I claim as novel and what I wish to secure by LettersPatent of the United States is- Connecting the head and neck (A,) of thehorse to the bottoni or in front thereof of a childs sled having springor otherA runners, in such a manner that the poles may be secured underthe bottom (15,) of the sled substantially as shown in the drawings atFig. l, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name in the presence of twowitnesses.

BENJAMIN P. CRANDALL.

IVitnesses JAMES P. MCLEAN, THOMAS B. BYRNES.

